Archaeologists have unearthed a long-lost Egyptian city that dates back 2,500 years. Located around six miles (10 km) south ...

In the early 20th century, architects and artists like Hugh Ferriss drew on the myths and monuments of ancient Babylon to imagine futuristic skylinesmelding ziggurats with modernism in a visionary ...

Babylon: Building boom A reconstruction of Babylon, ca 550 B.C., showing the Marduk temple complex and the Etemenanki as seen from the Euphrates River. Image courtesy of Album / Alamy Stock Photo ...

In the Hebrew Scriptures, Cyrus the Great is remembered not as a conqueror but as an unlikely agent of peace. Although he is ...

In ancient Babylon, merchants signed bottomry contracts, which were loans that covered sea shipments. If an incident resulted in lost cargo, merchants did not have to repay the loan.

AS tensions flare up between modern-day Iran and Israel — through drone warfare, cyberattacks and regional proxy clashes — ...

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